Difference between revisions of "AoPS Wiki:Deletion policy"
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The following types of articles ''should be deleted without question'': | The following types of articles ''should be deleted without question'': | ||
| − | * Blatant vandalism. | + | * Pages made for the purpose of [[spam]] |
| + | ** Blatant vandalism. | ||
| + | ** [[Advertisement]]s | ||
* Test pages. | * Test pages. | ||
* Unnecessary redirects. | * Unnecessary redirects. | ||
| − | * Talk pages of deleted articles | + | * Talk pages of deleted articles |
| − | + | * Subjects that are not included in the [[A:TOC|TOC]] or do not belong in the AoPS Wiki, as determined by [[A:ADMIN|Administrators]]. | |
| − | * Subjects that do not belong in the Wiki | + | * Pages whose titles are unnecessarily long, and pages with bad titles in general |
Possible Exceptions: | Possible Exceptions: | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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| + | * [[Category:Articles for deletion]] | ||
[[Category:Policy]] | [[Category:Policy]] | ||
Revision as of 18:08, 17 March 2025
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Articles on the AoPS Wiki can be deleted by administrators. To ask for the deletion of an article, add {{delete|reason}} to the article.
Guidelines
In general, the guidelines for deletion are far less strict than those of Wikipedia, for example.
The following types of articles should be deleted without question:
- Pages made for the purpose of spam
- Blatant vandalism.
- Advertisements
- Test pages.
- Unnecessary redirects.
- Talk pages of deleted articles
- Subjects that are not included in the TOC or do not belong in the AoPS Wiki, as determined by Administrators.
- Pages whose titles are unnecessarily long, and pages with bad titles in general
Possible Exceptions:
- Non-notable subjects (such as an educational website, book, etc.) are generally not deleted if they contain a neutral, thorough coverage of the section and the topic of the article is suitable for AoPS Wiki.
Other solutions include:
- Merging the article into a related article.
- Moving the article to a different namespace.
- Reducing the article to a stub.
